# CVE-2020-17511: In Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, when creating a user using airflow CLI, the password gets logged in plain text in the Log table in Air

- Also known as: GHSA-CVCQ-GMC3-Q6M8, BIT-AIRFLOW-2020-17511, PYSEC-2020-262
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.10.13
- Published: 2020-12-14 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow: fixed in 1.10.13
- apache-airflow (PyPI): fixed in 1.10.13

## Description

In Airflow versions prior to 1.10.13, when creating a user using airflow CLI, the password gets logged in plain text in the Log table in Airflow Metadatase. Same happened when creating a Connection with a password field.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow, apache-airflow, upgrade to a fixed version (1.10.13) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree782a29d927b96bf0b39fb92e2f1f09ea3112a985f7a08ce93765ac%40%3Cusers.airflow.apache.org%3E

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